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15 Apr 2019, 6:57 am by Lyle Denniston
(The statistics are compiled by the Death Penalty Information Center, a private group.) [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 11:08 am by Terry Lenamon
Of course, the Death Penalty Information Center delves into the reasons why these numbers exist. [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 7:56 am by Steve Hall
" asked Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, D.C. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 8:35 am by Steve Hall
The Death Penalty Information Center has also issued a news release announcing the report, "On 35th Anniversary of Death Penalty's Reinstatement, New Report Shows System Remains Arbitrary & Unfair. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 2:08 pm by admin
Of course, the Death Penalty Information Center delves into the reasons why these numbers exist. [read post]
27 Nov 2007, 6:58 am
What pro death penalty people say is that we need the death penalty to protect us, and I have never encountered anyone, never, who stopped and thought and decided not to kill somebody because of the death penalty," Harmon said. [read post]
4 Jan 2010, 8:04 am by Steve Hall
"  It references the Death Penalty Information Center 2009 report, noted here. [read post]
21 Dec 2010, 10:12 am by Brian Evans
Execution witness viewing room (c) Scott Langley The Death Penalty Information Center released its Year End Report today. [read post]
18 Jun 2023, 9:00 pm by Austin Sarat
That’s almost 20%.It is, as the Death Penalty Information Center puts it, “an appallingly and unacceptably high rate of error…. [read post]
5 Apr 2009, 7:34 am
States that abolished capital punishment show no significant changes in crime or murder rates, the ACLU says.The Death Penalty Information Center, a nonprofit resource center in Washington, D.C., cites a national survey showing most police chiefs say the death penalty doesn't reduce homicides, because murderers don't think about possible punishments.Think about most of those who commit crimes that could land them on… [read post]
8 Apr 2010, 11:01 am by Steve Hall
  In 2005, Liu and Lynsay Skiba authored the ACS white paper, "Judge Alito and the Death Penalty. [read post]
24 Feb 2009, 10:04 am
Legislation to repeal the death penalty is pending in at least seven other states: Colorado, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Washington, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. [read post]
9 Apr 2008, 4:16 am
One of the primary reasons is the recent explosion in the number of death-row exonerations, which the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) now puts at 127. [read post]
24 Aug 2007, 10:12 am
It's my last day in private practice and there's too much packing to be done to allow for much blogging (andt here appears to be not a single newspaper article in the entire state on any issue relevant to this blog), so I recommend checking out the following: Capital Defense Weekly (with links to a dozen interesting stories) Death Penalty Information Center Sentencing Law and Policy (a great inspiration for making challenges to non-capital sentences… [read post]
21 Dec 2010, 7:54 am by Steve Hall
The 46 executions in 2010 constituted a nearly 12 percent drop from the previous year’s total of 52, according to the group, Death Penalty Information Center, which produces an annual report on execution trends. [read post]
15 Mar 2011, 8:33 am by Steve Hall
The death penalty got the ax in Illinois last week and stands a good chance of being eliminated this year in Connecticut, Maryland and Montana, where bills are wending their way through statehouses, said Richard Dieter, executive director for the Death Penalty Information Center. [read post]
4 May 2008, 3:11 am
(Photo: Hope in a Prison of Despair) Indeed, as Americans have begun to turn away from the death penalty for a variety of reasons (as indicated by last year's Death Penalty Information Center report, my post on it and my short article in the next (I think) Revue de science criminelle), all death-penalty states except New Mexico have instituted LWOP as an alternative to a death sentence. [read post]
5 Jun 2012, 8:32 am by Steve Hall
False convictions happen more often than many realize — according to the Death Penalty Information Center, 140 death row inmates nationwide have been exonerated since 1973 while awaiting execution. [read post]
22 Dec 2008, 4:32 pm
That process also will trigger the first test of whether the state's capital murder statute, which went into effect Jan. 1, 1991, is constitutional.The death-penalty sentence also is notable not only because such sentences are so rare in New Hampshire, but because new death sentences have steadily declined nationally over the last decade, according to the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, D.C.The last time a New… [read post]
29 May 2007, 12:58 am
"Richard Dieter, executive director of the Washington-based Death Penalty Information Center, said doctors are now more vocal on the subject because of an increased focus on the mechanics of lethal injection. [read post]